Socket for connecting package-tiers.



. INGE 80 T F0 OTING PACKAGE TIERS.

PLI 0N I'ILED T11R17, 1912.

Patented June 25, 1912.

3 mum H301 wi/tweooeo IBENJAMIN F. ING E, OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

SOCKET FOR CONNECTING PACKAGE-TIERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed'Februai-y 17, 1912. Serial No. 678,177.

Patented June 25, 1912.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. INoE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county ofRoanoke and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Sockets for Connecting Package-Tiers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to sockets designed preferably for package tiersand has for an object to provide companion sockets which may be .readilysecured to the terminals of a tying element and relatively arrangedwhereby they can be securely connected together to hold the tier inoperative position around the package.

In the drawing forming a portion of this application and in which likeletters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figurel is a perspective view of the binder showing its application'to apackage of letters; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the binder. taching means.Fig. 4 is a plan view of theblank from which one of the sockets of thefastening means is formed. 1

The binder comprises preferably a s ring 1 or similar elastic tyingelement whlch is capable of being wrapped about the pack-1 age as shownin Fig. 1. Means 2 are employed for operatively connecting and securingthe opposite terminals of the spring 1 together and as illustrated thismeans comprises identical socket members 3 which are each formed from ablank A shown in Fig. 3 is. a section through the at- Fig. 4. The,socket members are preferably of cylindrical form and each receivestherein one terminal of the spring 1. Each socket member has its wallsprovided with an integral tongue 4 which is bent over the outer open endof the socket so as to present an eye 5. The terminal'zof the tongue issoldered or otherwise suitably secured to the inner walls of the socketmember and then bent to present a loop 7. Terminals of the spring 1 areprovided with suitable hook portions 8 which are engaged in the loops 7as shown in Fig. 3 whereby the adjacent terminals of the spring aremaintained in the socket members. The eye portion 5 of one of the socketmembers is provided with a snap hook- 9 which is adapted tobe engaged inthe eye 5 of the other socket member as shown in Fig. 1 whereby thebinder is held in tied posltion around the package. 7

I claim A socket. comprising a hollow member constructed of a singlepiece of material and provided with a bent its terminal extended intothe member and formed therewithin to provide an eye.

In testimony whereo I afiix ture in presence "of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. INGE.

portion forming a loop at one end of the member and having my signa-

